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dem

dem

9.9
An informal dialect word for them, meaning a group of people and things
  • pronoun
  • /dɛm/
  • UK
translation icon : ellos
  • Make sure you tell dem about the meeting tomorrow.

So I went on this cruise proper proper like I don't want to say it's dem because it's it's like good, good value.

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Examples

  • Go tell dem Water Cup boys that they're bumped.

  • Oh, they had a what's the What's the other Dem franchise boys song?

  • I just started a dem actually, no, right.

  • Their team, you know, Dem, same as a hardcore right, is team Republican.

  • So I went on this cruise proper proper like I don't want to say it's dem because it's it's like good, good value.

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  • He's impacting games massively and I'm going dem ballet off the right.

  • Put Puerto Rico in autumn and they don't have a sudden all dem Puerto Rico and dem Puerto Rico and Gangnam on folk's grave.

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  • I saw dem playing football in the park yesterday.

  • Dem are the friends I was talking about who helped me move.

Synonyms

them
vsdem
1 1.0

Used to talk about people, animals or things, and about one person when gender is not known

is an informal dialect version of the same object pronoun
they/them (pronoun)
vsdem
2.0

People use this word to refer to one person without saying their gender

is an informal plural or dialectal object form rather than singular gender-neutral use

Compounds

Con-Dem
  • Slang
8.5

A government made by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in the UK from 2010 to 2015

Surface Forms

dem subject case
dem object case

Etymology

Dem is an informal way to say 'them' and comes from how people sometimes say 'them' quickly, with the 'th' sound changing to a 'd' sound. That's why dem simply means 'them' in casual speech.